SmartProfile Graphical User interface

• Part Model with GD&T callouts
• Icon-driven navigation
• Clickable features window
• Graphical tolerance bars show status of keyfeatures at a glance

Magnified analysisof a complex contour

• Color coded surface profile deviation
• user control of color resolution and whiskers
• Barline graph of deviation statistics

Innovative GD&T Evaluation & Fitting Software

SmartProfile™ takes point clouds of data from part measurements performed on any measurement system, merges that data with the nominal CAD model of the part with GD&T tolerances, and automatically performs a results evaluation based on those tolerances.
SmartProfile cleanly deals with the optimization of Profile of a Surface and Position, and allows you to opimize results for true compliance with ASME Y14.5 and Y14.5.1 Standards.

Any of a number of common-format CAD files can be imported into SmartProfile to create a 3D model. SmartProfile performs several operations on the 3D model, including:

• Dimensional definition of form and/or pattern features,
• Assignment of datums, and
• Assignment of GD&T tolerances to features.

Supported GD&T tolerances include those for form, profile, orientation, and location.

Point Cloud Overlay

Once the SmartProfile model has been dimensioned, datums have been defined, and GD&T tolerances applied, measured data in the form of a point cloud may be imported and overlaid upon the model. The point cloud may be aligned to the model manually or automatically.
SmartProfile then compares the measured data with the nominal model and determines whether the measured feature is within tolerance. A color-coded chart indicates the status for each measured feature in a go-no go format, and also shows the magnitude of tolerance deviation. Reports may be printed out or exported to a number of file formats for further analysis or distribution.

It’s as Easy as 1-2-3-4
Though extremely powerful, SmartProfile is intuitive, approachable, and very easy to use. The process is as follows.

• Import the CAD model into SmartProfile.
• Enter tolerances, as called out on the engineering drawing, into SmartProfile.
• Import measured data into SmartProfile.
• Click on the SmartProfile Evaluate button.

That’s all there is to it! SmartProfile does the rest.

SmartProfile Q&A

What is SmartProfile?

It’s the first stand-alone 2D/3D GD&T automatic software package that is fully compliant with ASME Y14.5/1994 and ISO 1101 standards. It provides an interactive software environment for the intelligent and automatic GD&T evaluation of measured data in accordance with these standards. Since SmartProfile uses ANSI/ISO-approved fitting methods, it is easy to apply engineering print GD&T tolerances to the model — and fit the measured data in accordance with industry-accepted standards.

What kind of inputs can it use?

SmartProfile can import a number of popular CAD formats, including IGES, STEP, VDA, STL, and DXF files. Some native CAD formats are importable, too, via an optional translation module.
SmartProfile accepts measured data from virtually any measuring device — even with or without tip radius compensation (for tactile data points). And with built-in data filters, SmartProfile can accept literally millions of data points.

How does SmartProfile analyze the data?

With its built-in intelligence, SmartProfile takes the burden of standards interpretation off the shoulders of the user, and provides an evaluation solution even in the most difficult cases.
SmartProfile can evaluate surface profiles or geometric tolerances against Datum Reference Frames, with —

• Compound datums
• Pattern datums
• Datums at MMC/LMC
• Non-fully constrained degrees of freedom
• Composite tolerance zones

SmartProfile Feature Control Frames are grouped by their Datum Reference Frames, and may be evaluated with or without a “simultaneous requirement.”

What kind of final output can I get?

SmartProfile presents results numerically/statistically, and also through easy-to-interpret color maps. Reports may also be exported to several file formats, including PDF, Excel, text, and HTML.

How is SmartProfile unique?

SmartProfile solves all the single-segment and the complex composite Profile and Position callouts in an intuitive and efficient manner.